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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Houseleek \House"leek`\, n. [House + leek.] (Bot.) A succulent plant of the genus {Sempervivum} ({S. tectorum}), originally a native of subalpine Europe, but now found very generally on old walls and roofs. It is very tenacious of life under drought and heat; -- called also {ayegreen}. | |
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Sad \Sad\ (s[acr]d), a. [Compar. {Sadder}; supperl. {Saddest}.] [OE. sad sated, tired, satisfied, firm, steadfast, AS. s[91]d satisfied, sated; akin to D. zat, OS. sad, G. satt, OHG. sat, Icel. sa[edh]r, saddr, Goth. sa[thorn]s, Lith. sotus, L. sat, satis, enough, satur sated, Gr. 'a`menai to satiate, 'a`dnh enough. Cf. {Assets}, {Sate}, {Satiate}, {Satisfy}, {Satire}.] 1. Sated; satisfied; weary; tired. [Obs.] Yet of that art they can not waxen sad, For unto them it is a bitter sweet. --Chaucer. 2. Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard. [Obs., except in a few phrases; as, sad bread.] His hand, more sad than lump of lead. --Spenser. Chalky lands are naturally cold and sad. --Mortimer. 3. Dull; grave; dark; somber; -- said of colors. [bd]Sad-colored clothes.[b8] --Walton. Woad, or wade, is used by the dyers to lay the foundation of all sad colors. --Mortimer. 4. Serious; grave; sober; steadfast; not light or frivolous. [Obs.] [bd]Ripe and sad courage.[b8] --Chaucer. Lady Catharine, a sad and religious woman. --Bacon. Which treaty was wisely handled by sad and discrete counsel of both parties. --Ld. Berners. 5. Affected with grief or unhappiness; cast down with affliction; downcast; gloomy; mournful. First were we sad, fearing you would not come; Now sadder, that you come so unprovided. --Shak. The angelic guards ascended, mute and sad. --Milton. 6. Afflictive; calamitous; causing sorrow; as, a sad accident; a sad misfortune. 7. Hence, bad; naughty; troublesome; wicked. [Colloq.] [bd]Sad tipsy fellows, both of them.[b8] --I. Taylor. Note: Sad is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, sad-colored, sad-eyed, sad-hearted, sad-looking, and the like. {Sad bread}, heavy bread. [Scot. & Local, U.S.] --Bartlett. Syn: Sorrowful; mournful; gloomy; dejected; depressed; cheerless; downcast; sedate; serious; grave; grievous; afflictive; calamitous. | |
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Sawdust \Saw"dust`\, n. Dust or small fragments of wood (or of stone, etc.) made by the cutting of a saw. | |
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Scotch \Scotch\, a. [Cf. {Scottish}.] Of or pertaining to Scotland, its language, or its inhabitants; Scottish. {Scotch broom} (Bot.), the {Cytisus scoparius}. See {Broom}. {Scotch dipper}, [or] {Scotch duck} (Zo[94]l.), the bufflehead; -- called also {Scotch teal}, and {Scotchman}. {Scotch fiddle}, the itch. [Low] --Sir W. Scott. {Scotch mist}, a coarse, dense mist, like fine rain. {Scotch nightingale} (Zo[94]l.), the sedge warbler. [Prov. Eng.] {Scotch pebble}. See under {pebble}. {Scotch pine} (Bot.) See {Riga fir}. {Scotch thistle} (Bot.), a species of thistle ({Onopordon acanthium}); -- so called from its being the national emblem of the Scotch. | |
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Scotch \Scotch\, a. [Cf. {Scottish}.] Of or pertaining to Scotland, its language, or its inhabitants; Scottish. {Scotch broom} (Bot.), the {Cytisus scoparius}. See {Broom}. {Scotch dipper}, [or] {Scotch duck} (Zo[94]l.), the bufflehead; -- called also {Scotch teal}, and {Scotchman}. {Scotch fiddle}, the itch. [Low] --Sir W. Scott. {Scotch mist}, a coarse, dense mist, like fine rain. {Scotch nightingale} (Zo[94]l.), the sedge warbler. [Prov. Eng.] {Scotch pebble}. See under {pebble}. {Scotch pine} (Bot.) See {Riga fir}. {Scotch thistle} (Bot.), a species of thistle ({Onopordon acanthium}); -- so called from its being the national emblem of the Scotch. | |
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Scotch \Scotch\, a. [Cf. {Scottish}.] Of or pertaining to Scotland, its language, or its inhabitants; Scottish. {Scotch broom} (Bot.), the {Cytisus scoparius}. See {Broom}. {Scotch dipper}, [or] {Scotch duck} (Zo[94]l.), the bufflehead; -- called also {Scotch teal}, and {Scotchman}. {Scotch fiddle}, the itch. [Low] --Sir W. Scott. {Scotch mist}, a coarse, dense mist, like fine rain. {Scotch nightingale} (Zo[94]l.), the sedge warbler. [Prov. Eng.] {Scotch pebble}. See under {pebble}. {Scotch pine} (Bot.) See {Riga fir}. {Scotch thistle} (Bot.), a species of thistle ({Onopordon acanthium}); -- so called from its being the national emblem of the Scotch. | |
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Scotch terrier \Scotch terrier\ (Zo[94]l.) One of a breed of small terriers with long, rough hair. | |
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Scotch \Scotch\, a. [Cf. {Scottish}.] Of or pertaining to Scotland, its language, or its inhabitants; Scottish. {Scotch broom} (Bot.), the {Cytisus scoparius}. See {Broom}. {Scotch dipper}, [or] {Scotch duck} (Zo[94]l.), the bufflehead; -- called also {Scotch teal}, and {Scotchman}. {Scotch fiddle}, the itch. [Low] --Sir W. Scott. {Scotch mist}, a coarse, dense mist, like fine rain. {Scotch nightingale} (Zo[94]l.), the sedge warbler. [Prov. Eng.] {Scotch pebble}. See under {pebble}. {Scotch pine} (Bot.) See {Riga fir}. {Scotch thistle} (Bot.), a species of thistle ({Onopordon acanthium}); -- so called from its being the national emblem of the Scotch. | |
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Thistle \This"tle\, n. [OE. thistil, AS. [thorn]istel; akin to D. & G. distel, OHG. distila, distil, Icel. [thorn]istill, Sw. tistel, Dan. tidsel; of uncertain origin.] (Bot.) Any one of several prickly composite plants, especially those of the genera {Cnicus}, {Craduus}, and {Onopordon}. The name is often also applied to other prickly plants. {Blessed thistle}, {Carduus benedictus}, so named because it was formerly considered an antidote to the bite of venomous creatures. {Bull thistle}, {Cnicus lanceolatus}, the common large thistle of neglected pastures. {Canada thistle}, {Cnicus arvensis}, a native of Europe, but introduced into the United States from Canada. {Cotton thistle}, {Onopordon Acanthium}. {Fuller's thistle}, the teasel. {Globe thistle}, {Melon thistle}, etc. See under {Globe}, {Melon}, etc. {Pine thistle}, {Atractylis gummifera}, a native of the Mediterranean region. A vicid gum resin flows from the involucre. {Scotch thistle}, either the cotton thistle, or the musk thistle, or the spear thistle; -- all used national emblems of Scotland. {Sow thistle}, {Sonchus oleraceus}. {Spear thistle}. Same as {Bull thistle}. {Star thistle}, a species of {Centaurea}. See {Centaurea}. {Torch thistle}, a candelabra-shaped plant of the genus Cereus. See {Cereus}. {Yellow thistle}, {Cincus horridulus}. {Thistle bird} (Zo[94]l.), the American goldfinch, or yellow-bird ({Spinus tristis}); -- so called on account of its feeding on the seeds of thistles. See Illust. under {Goldfinch}. {Thistle butterfly} (Zo[94]l.), a handsomely colored American butterfly ({Vanessa cardui}) whose larva feeds upon thistles; -- called also {painted lady}. {Thistle cock} (Zo[94]l.), the corn bunting ({Emberiza militaria}). [Prov. Eng.] {Thistle crown}, a gold coin of England of the reign of James I., worth four shillings. {Thistle finch} (Zo[94]l.), the goldfinch; -- so called from its fondness for thistle seeds. [Prov. Eng.] {Thistle funnel}, a funnel having a bulging body and flaring mouth. | |
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Scotch \Scotch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scotched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scotching}.] [Cf. Prov. E. scote a prop, and Walloon ascot a prop, ascoter to prop, F. accoter, also Armor. skoaz the shoulder, skoazia to shoulder up, to prop, to support, W. ysgwydd a shoulder, ysgwyddo to shoulder. Cf. {Scoat}.] [Written also {scoatch}, {scoat}.] To shoulder up; to prop or block with a wedge, chock, etc., as a wheel, to prevent its rolling or slipping. | |
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Scotch \Scotch\, v. t. [Probably the same word as scutch; cf. Norw. skoka, skoko, a swingle for flax; perhaps akin to E. shake.] To cut superficially; to wound; to score. We have scotched the snake, not killed it. --Shak. {Scotched collops} (Cookery), a dish made of pieces of beef or veal cut thin, or minced, beaten flat, and stewed with onion and other condiments; -- called also {Scotch collops}. [Written also {scotcht collops}.] | |
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Scotch \Scotch\, v. t. [Probably the same word as scutch; cf. Norw. skoka, skoko, a swingle for flax; perhaps akin to E. shake.] To cut superficially; to wound; to score. We have scotched the snake, not killed it. --Shak. {Scotched collops} (Cookery), a dish made of pieces of beef or veal cut thin, or minced, beaten flat, and stewed with onion and other condiments; -- called also {Scotch collops}. [Written also {scotcht collops}.] | |
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Scotist \Sco"tist\, n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of (Joannes) Duns Scotus, the Franciscan scholastic (d. 1308), who maintained certain doctrines in philosophy and theology, in opposition to the {Thomists}, or followers of Thomas Aquinas, the Dominican scholastic. | |
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Scottish terrier \Scot"tish ter"ri*er\ (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Scotch terrier}. | |
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Scutch \Scutch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scutched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scutching}.] [See {Scotch} to cut slightly.] 1. To beat or whip; to drub. [Old or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] 2. To separate the woody fiber from (flax, hemp, etc.) by beating; to swingle. 3. To loosen and dress the fiber of (cotton or silk) by beating; to free (fibrous substances) from dust by beating and blowing. {Scutching machine}, a machine used to scutch cotton, silk, or flax; -- called also {batting machine}. | |
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Scythestone \Scythe"stone`\, n. A stone for sharpening scythes; a whetstone. | |
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Sedged \Sedged\, a. Made or composed of sedge. With your sedged crowns and ever-harmless looks. --Shak. | |
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Seduce \Se*duce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Seduced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Seducing}.] [L. seducere, seductum; pref. se- aside + ducere to lead. See {Duke}.] 1. To draw aside from the path of rectitude and duty in any manner; to entice to evil; to lead astray; to tempt and lead to iniquity; to corrupt. For me, the gold of France did not seduce. --Shak. 2. Specifically, to induce to surrender chastity; to debauch by means of solicitation. Syn: To allure; entice; tempt; attract; mislead; decoy; inveigle. See {Allure}. | |
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Seduction \Se*duc*tion\, n. [L. seductio: cf. F. s[82]duction. See {Seduce}.] 1. The act of seducing; enticement to wrong doing; specifically, the offense of inducing a woman to consent to unlawful sexual intercourse, by enticements which overcome her scruples; the wrong or crime of persuading a woman to surrender her chastity. 2. That which seduces, or is adapted to seduce; means of leading astray; as, the seductions of wealth. | |
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Seductive \Se*duc"tive\, a. Tending to lead astray; apt to mislead by flattering appearances; tempting; alluring; as, a seductive offer. This may enable us to understand how seductive is the influence of example. --Sir W. Hamilton. | |
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Seductively \Se*duc"tive*ly\, adv. In a seductive manner. | |
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Seductress \Se*duc"tress\, n. A woman who seduces. | |
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Seed \Seed\, n.; pl. {Seed} or {Seeds}. [OE. seed, sed, AS. s[?]d, fr. s[be]wan to sow; akin to D. zaad seed, G. saat, Icel. s[be][?], s[?][?]i, Goth. manas[?]ps seed of men. world. See {Sow} to scatter seed, and cf. {Colza}.] 1. (Bot.) (a) A ripened ovule, consisting of an embryo with one or more integuments, or coverings; as, an apple seed; a currant seed. By germination it produces a new plant. (b) Any small seedlike fruit, though it may consist of a pericarp, or even a calyx, as well as the seed proper; as, parsnip seed; thistle seed. And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself. --Gen. i. 11. Note: The seed proper has an outer and an inner coat, and within these the kernel or nucleus. The kernel is either the embryo alone, or the embryo inclosed in the albumen, which is the material for the nourishment of the developing embryo. The scar on a seed, left where the stem parted from it, is called the hilum, and the closed orifice of the ovule, the micropyle. 2. (Physiol.) The generative fluid of the male; semen; sperm; -- not used in the plural. 3. That from which anything springs; first principle; original; source; as, the seeds of virtue or vice. 4. The principle of production. Praise of great acts he scatters as a seed, Which may the like in coming ages breed. --Waller. 5. Progeny; offspring; children; descendants; as, the seed of Abraham; the seed of David. Note: In this sense the word is applied to one person, or to any number collectively, and admits of the plural form, though rarely used in the plural. 6. Race; generation; birth. Of mortal seed they were not held. --Waller. {Seed bag} (Artesian well), a packing to prevent percolation of water down the bore hole. It consists of a bag encircling the tubing and filled with flax seed, which swells when wet and fills the space between the tubing and the sides of the hole. {Seed bud} (Bot.), the germ or rudiment of the plant in the embryo state; the ovule. {Seed coat} (Bot.), the covering of a seed. {Seed corn}, [or] {Seed grain} (Bot.), corn or grain for seed. {Seed down} (Bot.), the soft hairs on certain seeds, as cotton seed. {Seed drill}. See 6th {Drill}, 2 (a) . {Seed eater} (Zo[94]l.), any finch of the genera {Sporophila}, and {Crithagra}. They feed mainly on seeds. {Seed gall} (Zo[94]l.), any gall which resembles a seed, formed, on the leaves of various plants, usually by some species of Phylloxera. {Seed leaf} (Bot.), a cotyledon. {Seed lobe} (Bot.), a cotyledon; a seed leaf. {Seed oil}, oil expressed from the seeds of plants. {Seed oyster}, a young oyster, especially when of a size suitable for transplantation to a new locality. {Seed pearl}, a small pearl of little value. {Seed plat}, [or] {Seed plot}, the ground on which seeds are sown, to produce plants for transplanting; a nursery. {Seed stalk} (Bot.), the stalk of an ovule or seed; a funicle. {Seed tick} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of ticks resembling seeds in form and color. {Seed vessel} (Bot.), that part of a plant which contains the seeds; a pericarp. {Seed weevil} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous small weevels, especially those of the genus {Apion}, which live in the seeds of various plants. {Seed wool}, cotton wool not yet cleansed of its seeds. [Southern U.S.] | |
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Seed \Seed\, n.; pl. {Seed} or {Seeds}. [OE. seed, sed, AS. s[?]d, fr. s[be]wan to sow; akin to D. zaad seed, G. saat, Icel. s[be][?], s[?][?]i, Goth. manas[?]ps seed of men. world. See {Sow} to scatter seed, and cf. {Colza}.] 1. (Bot.) (a) A ripened ovule, consisting of an embryo with one or more integuments, or coverings; as, an apple seed; a currant seed. By germination it produces a new plant. (b) Any small seedlike fruit, though it may consist of a pericarp, or even a calyx, as well as the seed proper; as, parsnip seed; thistle seed. And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself. --Gen. i. 11. Note: The seed proper has an outer and an inner coat, and within these the kernel or nucleus. The kernel is either the embryo alone, or the embryo inclosed in the albumen, which is the material for the nourishment of the developing embryo. The scar on a seed, left where the stem parted from it, is called the hilum, and the closed orifice of the ovule, the micropyle. 2. (Physiol.) The generative fluid of the male; semen; sperm; -- not used in the plural. 3. That from which anything springs; first principle; original; source; as, the seeds of virtue or vice. 4. The principle of production. Praise of great acts he scatters as a seed, Which may the like in coming ages breed. --Waller. 5. Progeny; offspring; children; descendants; as, the seed of Abraham; the seed of David. Note: In this sense the word is applied to one person, or to any number collectively, and admits of the plural form, though rarely used in the plural. 6. Race; generation; birth. Of mortal seed they were not held. --Waller. {Seed bag} (Artesian well), a packing to prevent percolation of water down the bore hole. It consists of a bag encircling the tubing and filled with flax seed, which swells when wet and fills the space between the tubing and the sides of the hole. {Seed bud} (Bot.), the germ or rudiment of the plant in the embryo state; the ovule. {Seed coat} (Bot.), the covering of a seed. {Seed corn}, [or] {Seed grain} (Bot.), corn or grain for seed. {Seed down} (Bot.), the soft hairs on certain seeds, as cotton seed. {Seed drill}. See 6th {Drill}, 2 (a) . {Seed eater} (Zo[94]l.), any finch of the genera {Sporophila}, and {Crithagra}. They feed mainly on seeds. {Seed gall} (Zo[94]l.), any gall which resembles a seed, formed, on the leaves of various plants, usually by some species of Phylloxera. {Seed leaf} (Bot.), a cotyledon. {Seed lobe} (Bot.), a cotyledon; a seed leaf. {Seed oil}, oil expressed from the seeds of plants. {Seed oyster}, a young oyster, especially when of a size suitable for transplantation to a new locality. {Seed pearl}, a small pearl of little value. {Seed plat}, [or] {Seed plot}, the ground on which seeds are sown, to produce plants for transplanting; a nursery. {Seed stalk} (Bot.), the stalk of an ovule or seed; a funicle. {Seed tick} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of ticks resembling seeds in form and color. {Seed vessel} (Bot.), that part of a plant which contains the seeds; a pericarp. {Seed weevil} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous small weevels, especially those of the genus {Apion}, which live in the seeds of various plants. {Seed wool}, cotton wool not yet cleansed of its seeds. [Southern U.S.] | |
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Seed \Seed\, n.; pl. {Seed} or {Seeds}. [OE. seed, sed, AS. s[?]d, fr. s[be]wan to sow; akin to D. zaad seed, G. saat, Icel. s[be][?], s[?][?]i, Goth. manas[?]ps seed of men. world. See {Sow} to scatter seed, and cf. {Colza}.] 1. (Bot.) (a) A ripened ovule, consisting of an embryo with one or more integuments, or coverings; as, an apple seed; a currant seed. By germination it produces a new plant. (b) Any small seedlike fruit, though it may consist of a pericarp, or even a calyx, as well as the seed proper; as, parsnip seed; thistle seed. And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself. --Gen. i. 11. Note: The seed proper has an outer and an inner coat, and within these the kernel or nucleus. The kernel is either the embryo alone, or the embryo inclosed in the albumen, which is the material for the nourishment of the developing embryo. The scar on a seed, left where the stem parted from it, is called the hilum, and the closed orifice of the ovule, the micropyle. 2. (Physiol.) The generative fluid of the male; semen; sperm; -- not used in the plural. 3. That from which anything springs; first principle; original; source; as, the seeds of virtue or vice. 4. The principle of production. Praise of great acts he scatters as a seed, Which may the like in coming ages breed. --Waller. 5. Progeny; offspring; children; descendants; as, the seed of Abraham; the seed of David. Note: In this sense the word is applied to one person, or to any number collectively, and admits of the plural form, though rarely used in the plural. 6. Race; generation; birth. Of mortal seed they were not held. --Waller. {Seed bag} (Artesian well), a packing to prevent percolation of water down the bore hole. It consists of a bag encircling the tubing and filled with flax seed, which swells when wet and fills the space between the tubing and the sides of the hole. {Seed bud} (Bot.), the germ or rudiment of the plant in the embryo state; the ovule. {Seed coat} (Bot.), the covering of a seed. {Seed corn}, [or] {Seed grain} (Bot.), corn or grain for seed. {Seed down} (Bot.), the soft hairs on certain seeds, as cotton seed. {Seed drill}. See 6th {Drill}, 2 (a) . {Seed eater} (Zo[94]l.), any finch of the genera {Sporophila}, and {Crithagra}. They feed mainly on seeds. {Seed gall} (Zo[94]l.), any gall which resembles a seed, formed, on the leaves of various plants, usually by some species of Phylloxera. {Seed leaf} (Bot.), a cotyledon. {Seed lobe} (Bot.), a cotyledon; a seed leaf. {Seed oil}, oil expressed from the seeds of plants. {Seed oyster}, a young oyster, especially when of a size suitable for transplantation to a new locality. {Seed pearl}, a small pearl of little value. {Seed plat}, [or] {Seed plot}, the ground on which seeds are sown, to produce plants for transplanting; a nursery. {Seed stalk} (Bot.), the stalk of an ovule or seed; a funicle. {Seed tick} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of ticks resembling seeds in form and color. {Seed vessel} (Bot.), that part of a plant which contains the seeds; a pericarp. {Seed weevil} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous small weevels, especially those of the genus {Apion}, which live in the seeds of various plants. {Seed wool}, cotton wool not yet cleansed of its seeds. [Southern U.S.] | |
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Seedcod \Seed"cod`\, n. A seedlip. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Seedy \Seed"y\, a. [Compar. {Seedier}; superl. {Seediest}.] 1. Abounding with seeds; bearing seeds; having run to seeds. 2. Having a peculiar flavor supposed to be derived from the weeds growing among the vines; -- said of certain kinds of French brandy. 3. Old and worn out; exhausted; spiritless; also, poor and miserable looking; shabbily clothed; shabby looking; as, he looked seedy coat. [Colloq.] Little Flanigan here . . . is a little seedy, as we say among us that practice the law. --Goldsmith. {Seedy toe}, an affection of a horse's foot, in which a cavity filled with horn powder is formed between the lamin[91] and the wall of the hoof. | |
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Set-stitched \Set"-stitched`\, a. Stitched according to a formal pattern. [bd]An old set-stiched chair, valanced, and fringed with party-colored worsted bobs.[b8] --Sterne. | |
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Shady \Shad"y\, a. [Compar. {Shadier}; superl. {Shadiest}.] 1. Abounding in shade or shades; overspread with shade; causing shade. The shady trees cover him with their shadow. --Job. xl. 22. And Amaryllis fills the shady groves. --Dryden. 2. Sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat. Cast it also that you may have rooms shady for summer and warm for winter. --Bacon. 3. Of or pertaining to shade or darkness; hence, unfit to be seen or known; equivocal; dubious or corrupt. [Colloq.] [bd]A shady business.[b8] --London Sat. Rev. Shady characters, disreputable, criminal. --London Spectator. {On the shady side of}, on the thither side of; as, on the shady side of fifty; that is, more than fifty. [Colloq.] {To keep shady}, to stay in concealment; also, to be reticent. [Slang] | |
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Side \Side\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to a side, or the sides; being on the side, or toward the side; lateral. One mighty squadron with a side wind sped. --Dryden. 2. Hence, indirect; oblique; collateral; incidental; as, a side issue; a side view or remark. The law hath no side respect to their persons. --Hooker. 3. [AS. s[c6]d. Cf {Side}, n.] Long; large; extensive. [Obs. or Scot.] --Shak. His gown had side sleeves down to mid leg. --Laneham. {Side action}, in breech-loading firearms, a mechanism for operating the breech block, which is moved by a lever that turns sidewise. {Side arms}, weapons worn at the side, as sword, bayonet, pistols, etc. {Side ax}, an ax of which the handle is bent to one side. {Side-bar rule} (Eng. Law.), a rule authorized by the courts to be granted by their officers as a matter of course, without formal application being made to them in open court; -- so called because anciently moved for by the attorneys at side bar, that is, informally. --Burril. {Side box}, a box or inclosed seat on the side of a theater. To insure a side-box station at half price. --Cowper. {Side chain}, one of two safety chains connecting a tender with a locomotive, at the sides. | |
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{Side cut}, a canal or road branching out from the main one. [U.S.] {Side dish}, one of the dishes subordinate to the main course. {Side glance}, a glance or brief look to one side. {Side hook} (Carp.), a notched piece of wood for clamping a board to something, as a bench. {Side lever}, a working beam of a side-lever engine. {Side-lever engine}, a marine steam engine having a working beam of each side of the cylinder, near the bottom of the engine, communicating motion to a crank that is above them. {Side pipe} (Steam Engine), a steam or exhaust pipe connecting the upper and lower steam chests of the cylinder of a beam engine. {Side plane}, a plane in which the cutting edge of the iron is at the side of the stock. {Side posts} (Carp.), posts in a truss, usually placed in pairs, each post set at the same distance from the middle of the truss, for supporting the principal rafters, hanging the tiebeam, etc. {Side rod}. (a) One of the rods which connect the piston-rod crosshead with the side levers, in a side-lever engine. (b) See {Parallel rod}, under {Parallel}. {Side screw} (Firearms), one of the screws by which the lock is secured to the side of a firearm stock. {Side table}, a table placed either against the wall or aside from the principal table. {Side tool} (Mach.), a cutting tool, used in a lathe or planer, having the cutting edge at the side instead of at the point. {Side wind}, a wind from one side; hence, an indirect attack, or indirect means. --Wright. | |
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Sidesaddle \Side"sad`dle\, n. A saddle for women, in which the rider sits with both feet on one side of the animal mounted. {Sidesaddle flower} (Bot.), a plant with hollow leaves and curiously shaped flowers; -- called also {huntsman's cup}. See {Sarracenia}. | |
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Sidesaddle \Side"sad`dle\, n. A saddle for women, in which the rider sits with both feet on one side of the animal mounted. {Sidesaddle flower} (Bot.), a plant with hollow leaves and curiously shaped flowers; -- called also {huntsman's cup}. See {Sarracenia}. | |
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Sketch \Sketch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sketched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sketching}.] [Cf D. schetsen, It. schizzare. See {Sketch}, n.] 1. To draw the outline or chief features of; to make a rought of. 2. To plan or describe by giving the principal points or ideas of. Syn: To delineate; design; draught; depict. | |
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Skitty \Skit"ty\, n. [Cf. {Skittish}.] (Zo[94]l.) A rail; as, the water rail (called also {skitty cock}, and {skitty coot}); the spotted crake ({Porzana maruetta}), and the moor hen. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Rail \Rail\, n. [F. r[83]le, fr. r[83]ler to have a rattling in the throat; of German origin, and akin to E. rattle. See {Rattle}, v.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds of the family {Rallid[91]}, especially those of the genus {Rallus}, and of closely allied genera. They are prized as game birds. Note: The common European water rail ({Rallus aquaticus}) is called also {bilcock}, {skitty coot}, and {brook runner}. The best known American species are the clapper rail, or salt-marsh hen ({Rallus lonqirostris}, var. {crepitans}); the king, or red-breasted, rail ({R. elegans}) (called also {fresh-water marshhen}); the lesser clapper, or Virginia, rail ({R. Virginianus}); and the Carolina, or sora, rail ({Porzana Carolina}). See {Sora}. {Land rail} (Zo[94]l.), the corncrake. | |
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Soda \So"da\, n. [It., soda, in OIt., ashes used in making glass, fr. L. solida, fem. of solidus solid; solida having probably been a name of glasswort. See {Solid}.] (Chem.) (a) Sodium oxide or hydroxide. (b) Popularly, sodium carbonate or bicarbonate. {Caustic soda}, sodium hydroxide. {Cooking soda}, sodium bicarbonate. [Colloq.] {Sal soda}. See {Sodium carbonate}, under {Sodium}. {Soda alum} (Min.), a mineral consisting of the hydrous sulphate of alumina and soda. {Soda ash}, crude sodium carbonate; -- so called because formerly obtained from the ashes of sea plants and certain other plants, as saltwort ({Salsola}). See under {Sodium}. {Soda fountain}, an apparatus for drawing soda water, fitted with delivery tube, faucets, etc. {Soda lye}, a lye consisting essentially of a solution of sodium hydroxide, used in soap making. {Soda niter}. See {Nitratine}. {Soda salts}, salts having sodium for the base; specifically, sodium sulphate or Glauber's salts. {Soda waste}, the waste material, consisting chiefly of calcium hydroxide and sulphide, which accumulates as a useless residue or side product in the ordinary Leblanc process of soda manufacture; -- called also {alkali waste}. {Soda water}, originally, a beverage consisting of a weak solution of sodium bicarbonate, with some acid to cause effervescence; now, in common usage, a beverage consisting of water highly charged with carbon dioxide (carbonic acid). Fruit sirups, cream, etc., are usually added to give flavor. See {Carbonic acid}, under {Carbonic}. {Washing soda}, sodium carbonate. [Colloq.] | |
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Sooth \Sooth\ (s[oomac]th), a.; also adv. [Compar. {Soother} (s[oomac]th"[etil]r); superl. {Soothest}.] [OE. soth, AS. s[omac][edh], for san[edh]; akin to OS. s[omac][edh], OHG. sand, Icel. sannr, Sw. sann, Dan. sand, Skr. sat, sant, real, genuine, present, being; properly p. pr. from a root meaning, to be, Skr. as, L. esse; also akin to Goth. sunjis true, Gr. 'eteo`s, Skr. satya. [root]9. Cf. {Absent}, {Am}, {Essence}, {Is}, {Soothe}, {Sutee}.] 1. True; faithful; trustworthy. [Obs. or Scot.] The sentence [meaning] of it sooth is, out of doubt. --Chaucer. That shall I sooth (said he) to you declare. --Spensser. 2. Pleasing; delightful; sweet. [R.] The soothest shepherd that ever piped on plains. --Milton. With jellies soother than the creamy curd. --Keats. | |
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Sooty \Soot"y\, a. [Compar {Sootier}; superl. {Sootiest}.] [AS. s[?]tig. See {Soot}.] 1. Of or pertaining to soot; producing soot; soiled by soot. [bd]Fire of sooty coal.[b8] --Milton. 2. Having a dark brown or black color like soot; fuliginous; dusky; dark. [bd]The grisly legions that troop under the sooty flag of Acheron.[b8] --Milton. {Sooty albatross} (Zo[94]l.), an albatross ({Ph[d2]betria fuliginosa}) found chiefly in the Pacific Ocean; -- called also {nellie}. {Sooty tern} (Zo[94]l.), a tern ({Sterna fuliginosa}) found chiefly in tropical seas. | |
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Old \Old\, a. [Compar. {Older}; superl. {Oldest}.] [OE. old, ald, AS. ald, eald; akin to D. oud, OS. ald, OFries. ald, old, G. alt, Goth. alpeis, and also to Goth. alan to grow up, Icel. ala to bear, produce, bring up, L. alere to nourish. Cf. {Adult}, {Alderman}, {Aliment}, {Auld}, {Elder}.] 1. Not young; advanced far in years or life; having lived till toward the end of the ordinary term of living; as, an old man; an old age; an old horse; an old tree. Let not old age disgrace my high desire. --Sir P. Sidney. The melancholy news that we grow old. --Young. 2. Not new or fresh; not recently made or produced; having existed for a long time; as, old wine; an old friendship. [bd]An old acquaintance.[b8] --Camden. 3. Formerly existing; ancient; not modern; preceding; original; as, an old law; an old custom; an old promise. [bd]The old schools of Greece.[b8] --Milton. [bd]The character of the old Ligurians.[b8] --Addison. 4. Continued in life; advanced in the course of existence; having (a certain) length of existence; -- designating the age of a person or thing; as, an infant a few hours old; a cathedral centuries old. And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou? --Cen. xlvii. 8. Note: In this use old regularly follows the noun that designates the age; as, she was eight years old. 5. Long practiced; hence, skilled; experienced; cunning; as, an old offender; old in vice. Vane, young in years, but in sage counsel old. --Milton. 6. Long cultivated; as, an old farm; old land, as opposed to {new} land, that is, to land lately cleared. 7. Worn out; weakened or exhausted by use; past usefulness; as, old shoes; old clothes. 8. More than enough; abundant. [Obs.] If a man were porter of hell gate, he should have old turning the key. --Shak. 9. Aged; antiquated; hence, wanting in the mental vigor or other qualities belonging to youth; -- used disparagingly as a term of reproach. 10. Old-fashioned; wonted; customary; as of old; as, the good old times; hence, colloquially, gay; jolly. 11. Used colloquially as a term of cordiality and familiarity. [bd]Go thy ways, old lad.[b8] --Shak. {Old age}, advanced years; the latter period of life. {Old bachelor}. See {Bachelor}, 1. {Old Catholics}. See under {Catholic}. {Old English}. See under {English}. n., 2. {Old Nick}, {Old Scratch}, the devil. {Old lady} (Zo[94]l.), a large European noctuid moth ({Mormo maura}). {Old maid}. (a) A woman, somewhat advanced in years, who has never been married; a spinster. (b) (Bot.) A West Indian name for the pink-flowered periwinkle ({Vinca rosea}). (c) A simple game of cards, played by matching them. The person with whom the odd card is left is the old maid. {Old man's beard}. (Bot.) (a) The traveler's joy ({Clematis Vitalba}). So named from the abundant long feathery awns of its fruit. (b) The {Tillandsia usneoides}. See {Tillandsia}. {Old man's head} (Bot.), a columnar cactus ({Pilocereus senilis}), native of Mexico, covered towards the top with long white hairs. {Old red sandstone} (Geol.), a series of red sandstone rocks situated below the rocks of the Carboniferous age and comprising various strata of siliceous sandstones and conglomerates. See {Sandstone}, and the Chart of {Geology}. {Old school}, a school or party belonging to a former time, or preserving the character, manner, or opinions of a former time; as, a gentleman of the old school; -- used also adjectively; as, Old-School Presbyterians. {Old sledge}, an old and well-known game of cards, called also {all fours}, and {high, low, Jack, and the game}. {Old squaw} (Zo[94]l.), a duck ({Clangula hyemalis}) inhabiting the northern parts of both hemispheres. The adult male is varied with black and white and is remarkable for the length of its tail. Called also {longtailed duck}, {south southerly}, {callow}, {hareld}, and {old wife}. {Old style}. (Chron.) See the Note under {Style}. {Old Testament}. See under {Testament}. {Old wife}. [In the senses b and c written also {oldwife}.] (a) A prating old woman; a gossip. Refuse profane and old wives' fables. --1 Tim. iv. 7. (b) (Zo[94]l.) The local name of various fishes, as the European black sea bream ({Cantharus lineatus}), the American alewife, etc. (c) (Zo[94]l.) A duck; the old squaw. {Old World}, the Eastern Hemisphere. Syn: Aged; ancient; pristine; primitive; antique; antiquated; old-fashioned; obsolete. See {Ancient}. | |
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South southerly \South` south"er*ly\ (Zo[94]l.) the old squaw; -- so called in imitation of its cry. Called also {southerly}, and {southerland}. See under {Old}. | |
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Old \Old\, a. [Compar. {Older}; superl. {Oldest}.] [OE. old, ald, AS. ald, eald; akin to D. oud, OS. ald, OFries. ald, old, G. alt, Goth. alpeis, and also to Goth. alan to grow up, Icel. ala to bear, produce, bring up, L. alere to nourish. Cf. {Adult}, {Alderman}, {Aliment}, {Auld}, {Elder}.] 1. Not young; advanced far in years or life; having lived till toward the end of the ordinary term of living; as, an old man; an old age; an old horse; an old tree. Let not old age disgrace my high desire. --Sir P. Sidney. The melancholy news that we grow old. --Young. 2. Not new or fresh; not recently made or produced; having existed for a long time; as, old wine; an old friendship. [bd]An old acquaintance.[b8] --Camden. 3. Formerly existing; ancient; not modern; preceding; original; as, an old law; an old custom; an old promise. [bd]The old schools of Greece.[b8] --Milton. [bd]The character of the old Ligurians.[b8] --Addison. 4. Continued in life; advanced in the course of existence; having (a certain) length of existence; -- designating the age of a person or thing; as, an infant a few hours old; a cathedral centuries old. And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou? --Cen. xlvii. 8. Note: In this use old regularly follows the noun that designates the age; as, she was eight years old. 5. Long practiced; hence, skilled; experienced; cunning; as, an old offender; old in vice. Vane, young in years, but in sage counsel old. --Milton. 6. Long cultivated; as, an old farm; old land, as opposed to {new} land, that is, to land lately cleared. 7. Worn out; weakened or exhausted by use; past usefulness; as, old shoes; old clothes. 8. More than enough; abundant. [Obs.] If a man were porter of hell gate, he should have old turning the key. --Shak. 9. Aged; antiquated; hence, wanting in the mental vigor or other qualities belonging to youth; -- used disparagingly as a term of reproach. 10. Old-fashioned; wonted; customary; as of old; as, the good old times; hence, colloquially, gay; jolly. 11. Used colloquially as a term of cordiality and familiarity. [bd]Go thy ways, old lad.[b8] --Shak. {Old age}, advanced years; the latter period of life. {Old bachelor}. See {Bachelor}, 1. {Old Catholics}. See under {Catholic}. {Old English}. See under {English}. n., 2. {Old Nick}, {Old Scratch}, the devil. {Old lady} (Zo[94]l.), a large European noctuid moth ({Mormo maura}). {Old maid}. (a) A woman, somewhat advanced in years, who has never been married; a spinster. (b) (Bot.) A West Indian name for the pink-flowered periwinkle ({Vinca rosea}). (c) A simple game of cards, played by matching them. The person with whom the odd card is left is the old maid. {Old man's beard}. (Bot.) (a) The traveler's joy ({Clematis Vitalba}). So named from the abundant long feathery awns of its fruit. (b) The {Tillandsia usneoides}. See {Tillandsia}. {Old man's head} (Bot.), a columnar cactus ({Pilocereus senilis}), native of Mexico, covered towards the top with long white hairs. {Old red sandstone} (Geol.), a series of red sandstone rocks situated below the rocks of the Carboniferous age and comprising various strata of siliceous sandstones and conglomerates. See {Sandstone}, and the Chart of {Geology}. {Old school}, a school or party belonging to a former time, or preserving the character, manner, or opinions of a former time; as, a gentleman of the old school; -- used also adjectively; as, Old-School Presbyterians. {Old sledge}, an old and well-known game of cards, called also {all fours}, and {high, low, Jack, and the game}. {Old squaw} (Zo[94]l.), a duck ({Clangula hyemalis}) inhabiting the northern parts of both hemispheres. The adult male is varied with black and white and is remarkable for the length of its tail. Called also {longtailed duck}, {south southerly}, {callow}, {hareld}, and {old wife}. {Old style}. (Chron.) See the Note under {Style}. {Old Testament}. See under {Testament}. {Old wife}. [In the senses b and c written also {oldwife}.] (a) A prating old woman; a gossip. Refuse profane and old wives' fables. --1 Tim. iv. 7. (b) (Zo[94]l.) The local name of various fishes, as the European black sea bream ({Cantharus lineatus}), the American alewife, etc. (c) (Zo[94]l.) A duck; the old squaw. {Old World}, the Eastern Hemisphere. Syn: Aged; ancient; pristine; primitive; antique; antiquated; old-fashioned; obsolete. See {Ancient}. | |
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South southerly \South` south"er*ly\ (Zo[94]l.) the old squaw; -- so called in imitation of its cry. Called also {southerly}, and {southerland}. See under {Old}. | |
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Southcottian \South*cot"ti*an\, n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Joanna Southcott (1750-1814), an Englishwoman who, professing to have received a miraculous calling, preached and prophesied, and committed many impious absurdities. | |
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Southeast \South`east"\ (?; by sailors sou"-), n. The point of the compass equally distant from the south and the east; the southeast part or region. | |
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Southeast \South`east\ (?; by sailors sou"-), a. Of or pertaining to the southeast; proceeding toward, or coming from, the southeast; as, a southeast course; a southeast wind. | |
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Southeaster \South`east"er\, n. A storm, strong wind, or gale coming from the southeast. | |
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Southeaster \South`east"er\, adv. Toward the southeast. | |
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Southeastern \South`east"ern\, a. Of or pertaining to the southeast; southeasterly. | |
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Southeastward \South`east"ward\, Southeastwardly \South`east"ward*ly\, adv. Toward the southeast. | |
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Southeastward \South`east"ward\, Southeastwardly \South`east"ward*ly\, adv. Toward the southeast. | |
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Yaupon \Yau"pon\, n. (Bot.) A shrub ({Ilex Cassine}) of the Holly family, native from Virginia to Florida. The smooth elliptical leaves are used as a substitute for tea, and were formerly used in preparing the black drink of the Indians of North Carolina. Called also {South-Sea tea}. [Written also {yapon}, {youpon}, and {yupon}.] | |
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South \South\, a. Lying toward the south; situated at the south, or in a southern direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the south, or coming from the south; blowing from the south; southern; as, the south pole. [bd]At the south entry.[b8] --Shak. {South-Sea tea} (Bot.) See {Yaupon}. | |
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Southwest \South`west\ (?; colloq. sou"-.), n. The point of the compass equally from the south and the west; the southwest part or region. | |
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Southwest \South`west"\, a. Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the southwest; proceeding toward the southwest; coming from the southwest; as, a southwest wind. | |
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Southwester \South`west"er\ (?; colloq. [?]), n. 1. A storm, gale, or strong wind from the southwest. 2. A hat made of painted canvas, oiled cloth, or the like, with a flap at the back, -- worn in stormy weather. | |
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Southwesterly \South`west"er*ly\, a. To ward or from the southwest; as, a southwesterly course; a southwesterly wind. | |
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Southwestern \South`west"ern\, a. Of or pertaining to the southwest; southwesterly; as, to sail a southwestern course. | |
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Southwestward \South`west"ward\, Southwestwardly \South`west"ward*ly\, adv. Toward the southwest. | |
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Southwestward \South`west"ward\, Southwestwardly \South`west"ward*ly\, adv. Toward the southwest. | |
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Sow \Sow\, n. [OE. sowe, suwe, AS. sugu, akin to s[umac], D. zog, zeug, OHG. s[umac], G. sau, Icel. s[ymac]r, Dan. so, Sw. sugga, so, L. sus. Gr. "y^s, sy^s, Zend. hu boar; probably from the root seen in Skr. s[umac] to beget, to bear; the animal being named in allusion to its fecundity. [root]294. Cf. {Hyena}, {Soil} to stain, {Son}, {Swine}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) The female of swine, or of the hog kind. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A sow bug. 3. (Metal.) (a) A channel or runner which receives the rows of molds in the pig bed. (b) The bar of metal which remains in such a runner. (c) A mass of solidified metal in a furnace hearth; a salamander. 4. (Mil.) A kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the wall, or the like. --Craig. {Sow bread}. (Bot.) See {Cyclamen}. {Sow bug}, [or] {Sowbug} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of terrestrial Isopoda belonging to {Oniscus}, {Porcellio}, and allied genera of the family {Oniscid[91]}. They feed chiefly on decaying vegetable substances. {Sow thistle} [AS. sugepistel] (Bot.), a composite plant ({Sonchus oleraceus}) said to be eaten by swine and some other animals. | |
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Thistle \This"tle\, n. [OE. thistil, AS. [thorn]istel; akin to D. & G. distel, OHG. distila, distil, Icel. [thorn]istill, Sw. tistel, Dan. tidsel; of uncertain origin.] (Bot.) Any one of several prickly composite plants, especially those of the genera {Cnicus}, {Craduus}, and {Onopordon}. The name is often also applied to other prickly plants. {Blessed thistle}, {Carduus benedictus}, so named because it was formerly considered an antidote to the bite of venomous creatures. {Bull thistle}, {Cnicus lanceolatus}, the common large thistle of neglected pastures. {Canada thistle}, {Cnicus arvensis}, a native of Europe, but introduced into the United States from Canada. {Cotton thistle}, {Onopordon Acanthium}. {Fuller's thistle}, the teasel. {Globe thistle}, {Melon thistle}, etc. See under {Globe}, {Melon}, etc. {Pine thistle}, {Atractylis gummifera}, a native of the Mediterranean region. A vicid gum resin flows from the involucre. {Scotch thistle}, either the cotton thistle, or the musk thistle, or the spear thistle; -- all used national emblems of Scotland. {Sow thistle}, {Sonchus oleraceus}. {Spear thistle}. Same as {Bull thistle}. {Star thistle}, a species of {Centaurea}. See {Centaurea}. {Torch thistle}, a candelabra-shaped plant of the genus Cereus. See {Cereus}. {Yellow thistle}, {Cincus horridulus}. {Thistle bird} (Zo[94]l.), the American goldfinch, or yellow-bird ({Spinus tristis}); -- so called on account of its feeding on the seeds of thistles. See Illust. under {Goldfinch}. {Thistle butterfly} (Zo[94]l.), a handsomely colored American butterfly ({Vanessa cardui}) whose larva feeds upon thistles; -- called also {painted lady}. {Thistle cock} (Zo[94]l.), the corn bunting ({Emberiza militaria}). [Prov. Eng.] {Thistle crown}, a gold coin of England of the reign of James I., worth four shillings. {Thistle finch} (Zo[94]l.), the goldfinch; -- so called from its fondness for thistle seeds. [Prov. Eng.] {Thistle funnel}, a funnel having a bulging body and flaring mouth. | |
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Tea \Tea\, n. [Chin. tsh[be], Prov. Chin. te: cf. F. th[82].] 1. The prepared leaves of a shrub, or small tree ({Thea, [or] Camellia, Chinensis}). The shrub is a native of China, but has been introduced to some extent into some other countries. Note: Teas are classed as green or black, according to their color or appearance, the kinds being distinguished also by various other characteristic differences, as of taste, odor, and the like. The color, flavor, and quality are dependent upon the treatment which the leaves receive after being gathered. The leaves for green tea are heated, or roasted slightly, in shallow pans over a wood fire, almost immediately after being gathered, after which they are rolled with the hands upon a table, to free them from a portion of their moisture, and to twist them, and are then quickly dried. Those intended for black tea are spread out in the air for some time after being gathered, and then tossed about with the hands until they become soft and flaccid, when they are roasted for a few minutes, and rolled, and having then been exposed to the air for a few hours in a soft and moist state, are finally dried slowly over a charcoal fire. The operation of roasting and rolling is sometimes repeated several times, until the leaves have become of the proper color. The principal sorts of green tea are Twankay, the poorest kind; Hyson skin, the refuse of Hyson; Hyson, Imperial, and Gunpowder, fine varieties; and Young Hyson, a choice kind made from young leaves gathered early in the spring. Those of black tea are Bohea, the poorest kind; Congou; Oolong; Souchong, one of the finest varieties; and Pekoe, a fine-flavored kind, made chiefly from young spring buds. See {Bohea}, {Congou}, {Gunpowder tea}, under {Gunpowder}, {Hyson}, {Oolong}, and {Souchong}. --K. Johnson. Tomlinson. Note: [bd]No knowledge of . . . [tea] appears to have reached Europe till after the establishment of intercourse between Portugal and China in 1517. The Portuguese, however, did little towards the introduction of the herb into Europe, and it was not till the Dutch established themselves at Bantam early in 17th century, that these adventurers learned from the Chinese the habit of tea drinking, and brought it to Europe.[b8] --Encyc. Brit. 2. A decoction or infusion of tea leaves in boiling water; as, tea is a common beverage. 3. Any infusion or decoction, especially when made of the dried leaves of plants; as, sage tea; chamomile tea; catnip tea. 4. The evening meal, at which tea is usually served; supper. {Arabian tea}, the leaves of {Catha edulis}; also (Bot.), the plant itself. See {Kat}. {Assam tea}, tea grown in Assam, in India, originally brought there from China about the year 1850. {Australian}, [or] {Botany Bay}, {tea} (Bot.), a woody clambing plant ({Smilax glycyphylla}). {Brazilian tea}. (a) The dried leaves of {Lantana pseodothea}, used in Brazil as a substitute for tea. (b) The dried leaves of {Stachytarpheta mutabilis}, used for adulterating tea, and also, in Austria, for preparing a beverage. {Labrador tea}. (Bot.) See under {Labrador}. {New Jersey tea} (Bot.), an American shrub, the leaves of which were formerly used as a substitute for tea; redroot. See {Redroot}. {New Zealand tea}. (Bot.) See under {New Zealand}. {Oswego tea}. (Bot.) See {Oswego tea}. {Paraguay tea}, mate. See 1st {Mate}. {Tea board}, a board or tray for holding a tea set. {Tea bug} (Zo[94]l.), an hemipterous insect which injures the tea plant by sucking the juice of the tender leaves. {Tea caddy}, a small box for holding tea. {Tea chest}, a small, square wooden case, usually lined with sheet lead or tin, in which tea is imported from China. {Tea clam} (Zo[94]l.), a small quahaug. [Local, U. S.] {Tea garden}, a public garden where tea and other refreshments are served. {Tea plant} (Bot.), any plant, the leaves of which are used in making a beverage by infusion; specifically, {Thea Chinensis}, from which the tea of commerce is obtained. {Tea rose} (Bot.), a delicate and graceful variety of the rose ({Rosa Indica}, var. {odorata}), introduced from China, and so named from its scent. Many varieties are now cultivated. {Tea service}, the appurtenances or utensils required for a tea table, -- when of silver, usually comprising only the teapot, milk pitcher, and sugar dish. {Tea set}, a tea service. {Tea table}, a table on which tea furniture is set, or at which tea is drunk. {Tea taster}, one who tests or ascertains the quality of tea by tasting. {Tea tree} (Bot.), the tea plant of China. See {Tea plant}, above. | |
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Stack \Stack\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stacked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stacking}.] [Cf. Sw. stacka, Dan. stakke. See {Stack}, n.] To lay in a conical or other pile; to make into a large pile; as, to stack hay, cornstalks, or grain; to stack or place wood. {To stack arms} (Mil.), to set up a number of muskets or rifles together, with the bayonets crossing one another, and forming a sort of conical pile. | |
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Stacket \Stack"et\, n. [Cf. F. estacade and E. stockade.] (Mil.) A stockade. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Stackstand \Stack"stand`\, n. A staging for supporting a stack of hay or grain; a rickstand. | |
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Stacte \Stac"te\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], strictly fem. of [?] cozing out in drops, fr. [?] to drop.] One of the sweet spices used by the ancient Jews in the preparation of incense. It was perhaps an oil or other form of myrrh or cinnamon, or a kind of storax. --Ex. xxx. 34. | |
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Stag \Stag\, n. [Icel. steggr the male of several animals; or a doubtful AS. stagga. Cf. {Steg}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The adult male of the red deer ({Cervus elaphus}), a large European species closely related to the American elk, or wapiti. (b) The male of certain other species of large deer. 2. A colt, or filly; also, a romping girl. [Prov. Eng.] 3. A castrated bull; -- called also {bull stag}, and {bull seg}. See the Note under {Ox}. 4. (Stock Exchange) (a) An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange. [Cant] (b) One who applies for the allotment of shares in new projects, with a view to sell immediately at a premium, and not to hold the stock. [Cant] 5. (Zo[94]l.) The European wren. [Prov. Eng.] {Stag beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of lamellicorn beetles belonging to {Lucanus} and allied genera, especially {L. cervus} of Europe and {L. dama} of the United States. The mandibles are large and branched, or forked, whence the name. The lava feeds on the rotten wood of dead trees. Called also {horned bug}, and {horse beetle}. {Stag dance}, a dance by men only. [slang, U.S.] {Stag hog} (Zo[94]l.), the babiroussa. {Stag-horn coral} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large branching corals of the genus {Madrepora}, which somewhat resemble the antlers of the stag, especially {Madrepora cervicornis}, and {M. palmata}, of Florida and the West Indies. {Stag-horn fern} (Bot.), an Australian and West African fern ({Platycerium alcicorne}) having the large fronds branched like a stag's horns; also, any species of the same genus. {Stag-horn sumac} (Bot.), a common American shrub ({Rhus typhina}) having densely velvety branchlets. See {Sumac}. {Stag party}, a party consisting of men only. [Slang, U. S.] {Stag tick} (Zo[94]l.), a parasitic dipterous insect of the family {Hippoboscid[91]}, which lives upon the stag and in usually wingless. The same species lives also upon the European grouse, but in that case has wings. | |
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Stag \Stag\, n. [Icel. steggr the male of several animals; or a doubtful AS. stagga. Cf. {Steg}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The adult male of the red deer ({Cervus elaphus}), a large European species closely related to the American elk, or wapiti. (b) The male of certain other species of large deer. 2. A colt, or filly; also, a romping girl. [Prov. Eng.] 3. A castrated bull; -- called also {bull stag}, and {bull seg}. See the Note under {Ox}. 4. (Stock Exchange) (a) An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange. [Cant] (b) One who applies for the allotment of shares in new projects, with a view to sell immediately at a premium, and not to hold the stock. [Cant] 5. (Zo[94]l.) The European wren. [Prov. Eng.] {Stag beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of lamellicorn beetles belonging to {Lucanus} and allied genera, especially {L. cervus} of Europe and {L. dama} of the United States. The mandibles are large and branched, or forked, whence the name. The lava feeds on the rotten wood of dead trees. Called also {horned bug}, and {horse beetle}. {Stag dance}, a dance by men only. [slang, U.S.] {Stag hog} (Zo[94]l.), the babiroussa. {Stag-horn coral} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large branching corals of the genus {Madrepora}, which somewhat resemble the antlers of the stag, especially {Madrepora cervicornis}, and {M. palmata}, of Florida and the West Indies. {Stag-horn fern} (Bot.), an Australian and West African fern ({Platycerium alcicorne}) having the large fronds branched like a stag's horns; also, any species of the same genus. {Stag-horn sumac} (Bot.), a common American shrub ({Rhus typhina}) having densely velvety branchlets. See {Sumac}. {Stag party}, a party consisting of men only. [Slang, U. S.] {Stag tick} (Zo[94]l.), a parasitic dipterous insect of the family {Hippoboscid[91]}, which lives upon the stag and in usually wingless. The same species lives also upon the European grouse, but in that case has wings. | |
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Stage director \Stage director\ (Theat.) One who prepares a play for production. He arranges the details of the stage settings, the business to be used, all stage effects, and instructs the actors, excepting usually the star, in the general interpretation of their parts. | |
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Knights, squires, and steeds, must enter on the stage. --Pope. Lo! Where the stage, the poor, degraded stage, Holds its warped mirror to a gaping age. --C. Sprague. 6. A place where anything is publicly exhibited; the scene of any noted action or carrer; the spot where any remarkable affair occurs. When we are born, we cry that we are come To this stage of fools. --Shak. Music and ethereal mirth Wherewith the stage of air and earth did ring. --Miton. 7. The platform of a microscope, upon which an object is placed to be viewed. See Illust. of {Microscope}. 8. A place of rest on a regularly traveled road; a stage house; a station; a place appointed for a relay of horses. 9. A degree of advancement in a journey; one of several portions into which a road or course is marked off; the distance between two places of rest on a road; as, a stage of ten miles. A stage . . . signifies a certain distance on a road. --Jeffrey. He traveled by gig, with his wife, his favorite horse performing the journey by easy stages. --Smiles. 10. A degree of advancement in any pursuit, or of progress toward an end or result. Such a polity is suited only to a particular stage in the progress of society. --Macaulay. 11. A large vehicle running from station to station for the accomodation of the public; a stagecoach; an omnibus. [bd]A parcel sent you by the stage.[b8] --Cowper. I went in the sixpenny stage. --Swift. 12. (Biol.) One of several marked phases or periods in the development and growth of many animals and plants; as, the larval stage; pupa stage; z[d2]a stage. {Stage box}, a box close to the stage in a theater. {Stage carriage}, a stagecoach. {Stage door}, the actor's and workmen's entrance to a theater. {Stage lights}, the lights by which the stage in a theater is illuminated. {Stage micrometer}, a graduated device applied to the stage of a microscope for measuring the size of an object. {Stage wagon}, a wagon which runs between two places for conveying passengers or goods. {Stage whisper}, a loud whisper, as by an actor in a theater, supposed, for dramatic effect, to be unheard by one or more of his fellow actors, yet audible to the audience; an aside. | |
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Stake \Stake\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Staked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Staking}.] 1. To fasten, support, or defend with stakes; as, to stake vines or plants. 2. To mark the limits of by stakes; -- with out; as, to stake out land; to stake out a new road. 3. To put at hazard upon the issue of competition, or upon a future contingency; to wager; to pledge. I'll stake yon lamb, that near the fountain plays. --Pope. 4. To pierce or wound with a stake. --Spectator. | |
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Stake-driver \Stake"-driv`er\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The common American bittern ({Botaurus lentiginosus}); -- so called because one of its notes resembles the sound made in driving a stake into the mud. Called also {meadow hen}, and {Indian hen}. | |
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Bittern \Bit"tern\, n. [OE. bitoure, betore, bitter, fr. F. butor; of unknown origin.] (Zo[94]l.) A wading bird of the genus {Botaurus}, allied to the herons, of various species. Note: The common European bittern is {Botaurus stellaris}. It makes, during the brooding season, a noise called by Dryden bumping, and by Goldsmith booming. The American bittern is {B. lentiginosus}, and is also called {stake-driver} and {meadow hen}. See {Stake-driver}. Note: The name is applied to other related birds, as the {least bittern} ({Ardetta exilis}), and the {sun bittern}. | |
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Stake-driver \Stake"-driv`er\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The common American bittern ({Botaurus lentiginosus}); -- so called because one of its notes resembles the sound made in driving a stake into the mud. Called also {meadow hen}, and {Indian hen}. | |
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Bittern \Bit"tern\, n. [OE. bitoure, betore, bitter, fr. F. butor; of unknown origin.] (Zo[94]l.) A wading bird of the genus {Botaurus}, allied to the herons, of various species. Note: The common European bittern is {Botaurus stellaris}. It makes, during the brooding season, a noise called by Dryden bumping, and by Goldsmith booming. The American bittern is {B. lentiginosus}, and is also called {stake-driver} and {meadow hen}. See {Stake-driver}. Note: The name is applied to other related birds, as the {least bittern} ({Ardetta exilis}), and the {sun bittern}. | |
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Stakehead \Stake"head`\, n. (Rope making) A horizontal bar on a stake, used for supporting the yarns which are kept apart by pins in the bar. | |
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Staktometer \Stak*tom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. [?] falling by drops + -meter.] A drop measurer; a glass tube tapering to a small orifice at the point, and having a bulb in the middle, used for finding the number of drops in equal quantities of different liquids. See {Pipette}. --Sir D. Brewster. | |
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Sticcado \Stic*ca"do\, n. [Cf. It. steccato a palisade.] (Mus.) An instrument consisting of small bars of wood, flat at the bottom and rounded at the top, and resting on the edges of a kind of open box. They are unequal in size, gradually increasing from the smallest to the largest, and are tuned to the diatonic scale. The tones are produced by striking the pieces of wood with hard balls attached to flexible sticks. | |
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d8Stichidium \[d8]Sti*chid"i*um\, n.; pl. {Stichida}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], dim. of [?] a row.] (Bot.) A special podlike or fusiform branch containing tetraspores. It is found in certain red alg[91]. | |
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Stick \Stick\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stuck}(Obs. {Sticked}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Sticking}.] [OE. stikien, v.t. & i., combined with steken, whence E. stuck), AS. stician, v.t. & i., and (assumed) stecan, v.t.; akin to OFries. steka, OS. stekan, OHG. stehhan, G. stechen, and to Gr. [?] to prick, Skr. tij to be sharp. Cf. {Distinguish}, {Etiquette}, {Extinct}, {Instigate}, {Instinct}, {Prestige}, {Stake}, {Steak}, {Stick}, n., {Stigma}, {Stimulate}, {Sting}, {Stitch} in sewing, {Style} for or in writing.] 1. To penetrate with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to stab; hence, to kill by piercing; as, to stick a beast. And sticked him with bodkins anon. --Chaucer. It was a shame . . . to stick him under the other gentleman's arm while he was redding the fray. --Sir W. Scott. 2. To cause to penetrate; to push, thrust, or drive, so as to pierce; as, to stick a needle into one's finger. Thou stickest a dagger in me. --Shak. 3. To fasten, attach, or cause to remain, by thrusting in; hence, also, to adorn or deck with things fastened on as by piercing; as, to stick a pin on the sleeve. My shroud of white, stuck all with yew. --Shak. The points of spears are stuck within the shield. --Dryden. 4. To set; to fix in; as, to stick card teeth. 5. To set with something pointed; as, to stick cards. 6. To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale; as, to stick an apple on a fork. 7. To attach by causing to adhere to the surface; as, to stick on a plaster; to stick a stamp on an envelope; also, to attach in any manner. 8. (Print.) To compose; to set, or arrange, in a composing stick; as, to stick type. [Cant] 9. (Joinery) To run or plane (moldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such moldings are said to be stuck. 10. To cause to stick; to bring to a stand; to pose; to puzzle; as, to stick one with a hard problem. [Colloq.] 11. To impose upon; to compel to pay; sometimes, to cheat. [Slang] {To stick out}, to cause to project or protrude; to render prominent. | |
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Sticked \Stick"ed\, obs. imp. of {Stick}. Stuck. And in the sand her ship sticked so fast. --Chaucer. They sticked not to give their bodies to be burnt. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Stickit \Stick"it\, a. Stuck; spoiled in making. [Scot.] {Stickit minister}, a candidate for the clerical office who fails, disqualified by incompetency or immorality. | |
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Stickit \Stick"it\, a. Stuck; spoiled in making. [Scot.] {Stickit minister}, a candidate for the clerical office who fails, disqualified by incompetency or immorality. | |
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Stick-seed \Stick"-seed`\, n. (Bot.) A plant ({Echinospermum Lappula}) of the Borage family, with small blue flowers and prickly nutlets. | |
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Sticktail \Stick"tail`\, n. The ruddy duck. [Local, U.S.] | |
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Stick-tight \Stick"-tight`\, n. (Bot.) Beggar's ticks. | |
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Lungwort \Lung"wort`\, n. (Bot.) (a) An herb of the genus {Pulmonaria} ({P. officinalis}), of Europe; -- so called because the spotted appearance of the leaves resembles that of a diseased lung. (b) Any plant of the genus {Mertensia} (esp. {M. Virginica} and {M. Sibirica}) plants nearly related to {Pulmonaria}. The American lungwort is {Mertensia Virginica}, Virginia cowslip. --Gray. {Cow's lungwort} mullein. {Sea lungwort}, {Mertensia maritima}, found on the seacoast of Northern Europe and America. {Tree lungwort}, a lichen ({Sticta pulmonacea}) growing on trees and rocks. The thallus is lacunose, and in appearance somewhat resembles the lungs, for diseases of which it was once thought a remedy. | |
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Turtledove \Tur"tle*dove`\, n. [See 1ts {Turtle}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of pigeons belonging to {Turtur} and allied genera, native of various parts of the Old World; especially, the common European species ({Turtur vulgaris}), which is noted for its plaintive note, affectionate disposition, and devotion to its mate. Note: The South African turtledove ({T. albiventris}), and the ashy turtledove of India ({T. rubicolus}), are similar to the European species in their habits. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of pigeons more or less resembling the true turtledoves, as the American mourning dove (see under {Dove}), and the Australian turtledove ({Stictopelia cuneata}). Note: The turtledove of the Scriptures is probably Turtur risorius, a species which is still plentiful in Egypt and other Eastern countries. It is closely allied to the European turtledove. | |
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Ray \Ray\, n. [F. raie, L. raia. Cf. {Roach}.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order Rai[91], including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc. (b) In a restricted sense, any of the broad, flat, narrow-tailed species, as the skates and sting rays. See {Skate}. {Bishop ray}, a yellow-spotted, long-tailed eagle ray ({Stoasodon n[85]rinari}) of the Southern United States and the West Indies. {Butterfly ray}, a short-tailed American sting ray ({Pteroplatea Maclura}), having very broad pectoral fins. {Devil ray}. See {Sea Devil}. {Eagle ray}, any large ray of the family {Myliobatid[91]}, or {[92]tobatid[91]}. The common European species ({Myliobatis aquila}) is called also {whip ray}, and {miller}. {Electric ray}, or {Cramp ray}, a torpedo. {Starry ray}, a common European skate ({Raia radiata}). {Sting ray}, any one of numerous species of rays of the family {Trygonid[91]} having one or more large, sharp, barbed dorsal spines on the whiplike tail. Called also {stingaree}. | |
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Stoccade \Stoc*cade"\, n. & v. See {Stockade}. | |
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Stockade \Stock*ade"\, n. [F. estacade stockade, boom (confused in French with estocade; see 1st {Stoccado}); fr. It. steccata a palisade (influenced by OF. estach, estaque, a stake, post), or from Sp. estacada a palisade; both of German origin, and akin to E. stake, stick; cf. G. stecken stick, OHG. steccho. See {Stake}, n., {Stick}, n. & v. t., and cf. {Estacade}, {Stacket}.] 1. (Mil.) A line of stout posts or timbers set firmly in the earth in contact with each other (and usually with loopholes) to form a barrier, or defensive fortification. [Written also {stoccade}.] 2. An inclosure, or pen, made with posts and stakes. | |
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Stoccade \Stoc*cade"\, n. & v. See {Stockade}. | |
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Stockade \Stock*ade"\, n. [F. estacade stockade, boom (confused in French with estocade; see 1st {Stoccado}); fr. It. steccata a palisade (influenced by OF. estach, estaque, a stake, post), or from Sp. estacada a palisade; both of German origin, and akin to E. stake, stick; cf. G. stecken stick, OHG. steccho. See {Stake}, n., {Stick}, n. & v. t., and cf. {Estacade}, {Stacket}.] 1. (Mil.) A line of stout posts or timbers set firmly in the earth in contact with each other (and usually with loopholes) to form a barrier, or defensive fortification. [Written also {stoccade}.] 2. An inclosure, or pen, made with posts and stakes. | |
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Stoccado \Stoc*ca"do\, n. [F. estocade, fr. Sp. estocada, or It. stoccata, from Sp. estoque, or It. stocco, a rapier, fr. G. stock a stick. See {Stock}.] A stab; a thrust with a rapier. --Shak. | |
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{Stock duck} (Zo[94]l.), the mallard. {Stock exchange}. (a) The building or place where stocks are bought and sold; stock market; hence, transactions of all kinds in stocks. (b) An association or body of stockbrokers who meet and transact business by certain recognized forms, regulations, and usages. --Wharton. Brande & C. {Stock farmer}, a farmer who makes it his business to rear live stock. {Stock gillyflower} (Bot.), the common stock. See {Stock}, n., 18. {Stock gold}, gold laid up so as to form a stock, or hoard. {Stock in trade}, the goods kept for sale by a shopkeeper; the fittings and appliances of a workman. --Simmonds. {Stock list}, a list of stocks, or shares, dealt in, of transactions, and of prices. {Stock lock}, a lock inclosed in a wooden case and attached to the face of a door. {Stock market}. (a) A place where stocks are bought and sold; the stock exchange. (b) A market for live stock. {Stock pigeon}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Stockdove}. {Stock purse}. (a) A common purse, as distinguished from a private purse. (b) (Mil.) Moneys saved out of the expenses of a company or regiment, and applied to objects of common interest. [Eng.] {Stock shave}, a tool used by blockmakers. {Stock station}, a place or district for rearing stock. [Australia] --W. Howitt. {Stock tackle} (Naut.), a tackle used when the anchor is hoisted and secured, to keep its stock clear of the ship's sides. --Totten. {Stock taking}, an examination and inventory made of goods or stock in a shop or warehouse; -- usually made periodically. {Tail stock}. See {Tailstock}. {To have something on the stock}, to be at work at something. {To take stock}, to take account of stock; to make an inventory of stock or goods on hand. --Dickens. {To take stock in}. (a) To subscribe for, or purchase, shares in a stock company. (b) To put faith in; to accept as trustworthy; as, to take stock in a person's fidelity. [Slang] {To take stock of}, to take account of the stock of; to take an inventory of; hence, to ascertain the facts in regard to (something). [Eng.] At the outset of any inquiry it is proper to take stock of the results obtained by previous explorers of the same field. --Leslie Stephen. Syn: Fund; capital; store; supply; accumulation; hoard; provision. | |
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{Stock duck} (Zo[94]l.), the mallard. {Stock exchange}. (a) The building or place where stocks are bought and sold; stock market; hence, transactions of all kinds in stocks. (b) An association or body of stockbrokers who meet and transact business by certain recognized forms, regulations, and usages. --Wharton. Brande & C. {Stock farmer}, a farmer who makes it his business to rear live stock. {Stock gillyflower} (Bot.), the common stock. See {Stock}, n., 18. {Stock gold}, gold laid up so as to form a stock, or hoard. {Stock in trade}, the goods kept for sale by a shopkeeper; the fittings and appliances of a workman. --Simmonds. {Stock list}, a list of stocks, or shares, dealt in, of transactions, and of prices. {Stock lock}, a lock inclosed in a wooden case and attached to the face of a door. {Stock market}. (a) A place where stocks are bought and sold; the stock exchange. (b) A market for live stock. {Stock pigeon}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Stockdove}. {Stock purse}. (a) A common purse, as distinguished from a private purse. (b) (Mil.) Moneys saved out of the expenses of a company or regiment, and applied to objects of common interest. [Eng.] {Stock shave}, a tool used by blockmakers. {Stock station}, a place or district for rearing stock. [Australia] --W. Howitt. {Stock tackle} (Naut.), a tackle used when the anchor is hoisted and secured, to keep its stock clear of the ship's sides. --Totten. {Stock taking}, an examination and inventory made of goods or stock in a shop or warehouse; -- usually made periodically. {Tail stock}. See {Tailstock}. {To have something on the stock}, to be at work at something. {To take stock}, to take account of stock; to make an inventory of stock or goods on hand. --Dickens. {To take stock in}. (a) To subscribe for, or purchase, shares in a stock company. (b) To put faith in; to accept as trustworthy; as, to take stock in a person's fidelity. [Slang] {To take stock of}, to take account of the stock of; to take an inventory of; hence, to ascertain the facts in regard to (something). [Eng.] At the outset of any inquiry it is proper to take stock of the results obtained by previous explorers of the same field. --Leslie Stephen. Syn: Fund; capital; store; supply; accumulation; hoard; provision. | |
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{Stock duck} (Zo[94]l.), the mallard. {Stock exchange}. (a) The building or place where stocks are bought and sold; stock market; hence, transactions of all kinds in stocks. (b) An association or body of stockbrokers who meet and transact business by certain recognized forms, regulations, and usages. --Wharton. Brande & C. {Stock farmer}, a farmer who makes it his business to rear live stock. {Stock gillyflower} (Bot.), the common stock. See {Stock}, n., 18. {Stock gold}, gold laid up so as to form a stock, or hoard. {Stock in trade}, the goods kept for sale by a shopkeeper; the fittings and appliances of a workman. --Simmonds. {Stock list}, a list of stocks, or shares, dealt in, of transactions, and of prices. {Stock lock}, a lock inclosed in a wooden case and attached to the face of a door. {Stock market}. (a) A place where stocks are bought and sold; the stock exchange. (b) A market for live stock. {Stock pigeon}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Stockdove}. {Stock purse}. (a) A common purse, as distinguished from a private purse. (b) (Mil.) Moneys saved out of the expenses of a company or regiment, and applied to objects of common interest. [Eng.] {Stock shave}, a tool used by blockmakers. {Stock station}, a place or district for rearing stock. [Australia] --W. Howitt. {Stock tackle} (Naut.), a tackle used when the anchor is hoisted and secured, to keep its stock clear of the ship's sides. --Totten. {Stock taking}, an examination and inventory made of goods or stock in a shop or warehouse; -- usually made periodically. {Tail stock}. See {Tailstock}. {To have something on the stock}, to be at work at something. {To take stock}, to take account of stock; to make an inventory of stock or goods on hand. --Dickens. {To take stock in}. (a) To subscribe for, or purchase, shares in a stock company. (b) To put faith in; to accept as trustworthy; as, to take stock in a person's fidelity. [Slang] {To take stock of}, to take account of the stock of; to take an inventory of; hence, to ascertain the facts in regard to (something). [Eng.] At the outset of any inquiry it is proper to take stock of the results obtained by previous explorers of the same field. --Leslie Stephen. Syn: Fund; capital; store; supply; accumulation; hoard; provision. | |
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{Stock duck} (Zo[94]l.), the mallard. {Stock exchange}. (a) The building or place where stocks are bought and sold; stock market; hence, transactions of all kinds in stocks. (b) An association or body of stockbrokers who meet and transact business by certain recognized forms, regulations, and usages. --Wharton. Brande & C. {Stock farmer}, a farmer who makes it his business to rear live stock. {Stock gillyflower} (Bot.), the common stock. See {Stock}, n., 18. {Stock gold}, gold laid up so as to form a stock, or hoard. {Stock in trade}, the goods kept for sale by a shopkeeper; the fittings and appliances of a workman. --Simmonds. {Stock list}, a list of stocks, or shares, dealt in, of transactions, and of prices. {Stock lock}, a lock inclosed in a wooden case and attached to the face of a door. {Stock market}. (a) A place where stocks are bought and sold; the stock exchange. (b) A market for live stock. {Stock pigeon}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Stockdove}. {Stock purse}. (a) A common purse, as distinguished from a private purse. (b) (Mil.) Moneys saved out of the expenses of a company or regiment, and applied to objects of common interest. [Eng.] {Stock shave}, a tool used by blockmakers. {Stock station}, a place or district for rearing stock. [Australia] --W. Howitt. {Stock tackle} (Naut.), a tackle used when the anchor is hoisted and secured, to keep its stock clear of the ship's sides. --Totten. {Stock taking}, an examination and inventory made of goods or stock in a shop or warehouse; -- usually made periodically. {Tail stock}. See {Tailstock}. {To have something on the stock}, to be at work at something. {To take stock}, to take account of stock; to make an inventory of stock or goods on hand. --Dickens. {To take stock in}. (a) To subscribe for, or purchase, shares in a stock company. (b) To put faith in; to accept as trustworthy; as, to take stock in a person's fidelity. [Slang] {To take stock of}, to take account of the stock of; to take an inventory of; hence, to ascertain the facts in regard to (something). [Eng.] At the outset of any inquiry it is proper to take stock of the results obtained by previous explorers of the same field. --Leslie Stephen. Syn: Fund; capital; store; supply; accumulation; hoard; provision. | |
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Ticker \Tick"er\, n. A telegraphic receiving instrument that automatically prints off stock quotations ({stock ticker}) and other news on a paper ribbon or [bd]tape.[b8] | |
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Stockade \Stock*ade"\, n. [F. estacade stockade, boom (confused in French with estocade; see 1st {Stoccado}); fr. It. steccata a palisade (influenced by OF. estach, estaque, a stake, post), or from Sp. estacada a palisade; both of German origin, and akin to E. stake, stick; cf. G. stecken stick, OHG. steccho. See {Stake}, n., {Stick}, n. & v. t., and cf. {Estacade}, {Stacket}.] 1. (Mil.) A line of stout posts or timbers set firmly in the earth in contact with each other (and usually with loopholes) to form a barrier, or defensive fortification. [Written also {stoccade}.] 2. An inclosure, or pen, made with posts and stakes. | |
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Stockade \Stock*ade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stockaded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stockading}.] To surround, fortify, or protect with a stockade. | |
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Stockade \Stock*ade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stockaded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stockading}.] To surround, fortify, or protect with a stockade. | |
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Stockade \Stock*ade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stockaded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stockading}.] To surround, fortify, or protect with a stockade. | |
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Stockdove \Stock"dove`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A common European wild pigeon ({Columba [91]nas}), so called because at one time believed to be the stock of the domestic pigeon, or, according to some, from its breeding in the stocks, or trunks, of trees. Note: The name is applied, also, to other related species, as the Indian stockdove ({Palumb[91]na Eversmanni}). | |
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Stock \Stock\ (st[ocr]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stocked} (st[ocr]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Stocking}.] 1. To lay up; to put aside for future use; to store, as merchandise, and the like. 2. To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply; as, to stock a warehouse, that is, to fill it with goods; to stock a farm, that is, to supply it with cattle and tools; to stock land, that is, to occupy it with a permanent growth, especially of grass. 3. To suffer to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more previous to sale, as cows. 4. To put in the stocks. [R.] --Shak. {To stock an anchor} (Naut.), to fit it with a stock, or to fasten the stock firmly in place. {To stock cards} (Card Playing), to arrange cards in a certain manner for cheating purposes. [Cant] | |
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Stock-still \Stock"-still`\, a. [CF. G. stock-still.] Still as a stock, or fixed post; perfectly still. His whole work stands stock-still. --Sterne. | |
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Stoicity \Sto*ic"i*ty\, n. Stoicism. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. | |
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Stook \Stook\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stooked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stooking}.] (Agric.) To set up, as sheaves of grain, in stooks. | |
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Stucco \Stuc"co\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stuccoed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stuccoing}.] To overlay or decorate with stucco, or fine plaster. | |
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Sweaty \Sweat"y\, a. [Compar. {Sweatier}; superl. {Sweatiest}.] 1. Moist with sweat; as, a sweaty skin; a sweaty garment. 2. Consisting of sweat; of the nature of sweat. No noisome whiffs or sweaty streams. --Swift. 3. Causing sweat; hence, laborious; toilsome; difficult. [bd]The sweaty forge.[b8] --Prior. | |
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Swedish \Swed"ish\, a. [Cf. G. schwedisch, Sw. svensk.] Of or pertaining to Sweden or its inhabitants. {Swedish turnip}. (Bot.) See under {Turnip}. | |
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Turnip \Tur"nip\, n. [OE. turnep; probably fr. turn, or F. tour a turn, turning lathe + OE. nepe a turnip, AS. n[aemac]pe, L. napus. Cf. {Turn},v. t., {Navew}.] (Bot.) The edible, fleshy, roundish, or somewhat conical, root of a cruciferous plant ({Brassica campestris}, var. {Napus}); also, the plant itself. [Formerly written also {turnep}.] {Swedish turnip} (Bot.), a kind of turnip. See {Ruta-baga}. {Turnip flea} (Zo[94]l.), a small flea-beetle ({Haltica, [or] Phyllotreta, striolata}), which feeds upon the turnip, and often seriously injures it. It is black with a stripe of yellow on each elytron. The name is also applied to several other small insects which are injurious to turnips. See Illust. under {Flea-beetle}. {Turnip fly}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The turnip flea. (b) A two-winged fly ({Anthomyia radicum}) whose larv[91] live in the turnip root. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sweet \Sweet\, a. [Compar. {Sweeter}; superl. {Sweetest}.] [OE. swete, swote, sote, AS. sw[c7]te; akin to OFries. sw[c7]te, OS. sw[d3]ti, D. zoet, G. s[81]ss, OHG. suozi, Icel. s[91]tr, s[d2]tr, Sw. s[94]t, Dan. s[94]d, Goth. suts, L. suavis, for suadvis, Gr. [?], Skr. sv[be]du sweet, svad, sv[be]d, to sweeten. [fb]175. Cf. {Assuage}, {Suave}, {Suasion}.] 1. Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar; saccharine; -- opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges. 2. Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense. The breath of these flowers is sweet to me. --Longfellow. 3. Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet voice; a sweet singer. To make his English sweet upon his tongue. --Chaucer. A voice sweet, tremulous, but powerful. --Hawthorne. 4. Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair; as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion. Sweet interchange Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains. --Milton. 5. Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water. --Bacon. 6. Not changed from a sound or wholesome state. Specifically: (a) Not sour; as, sweet milk or bread. (b) Not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as, sweet butter; sweet meat or fish. 7. Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable; winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners. Canst thou bind the sweet influence of Pleiades? --Job xxxviii. 31. Mildness and sweet reasonableness is the one established rule of Christian working. --M. Arnold. Note: Sweet is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, sweet-blossomed, sweet-featured, sweet-smelling, sweet-tempered, sweet-toned, etc. {Sweet alyssum}. (Bot.) See {Alyssum}. {Sweet apple}. (Bot.) (a) Any apple of sweet flavor. (b) See {Sweet-top}. {Sweet bay}. (Bot.) (a) The laurel ({laurus nobilis}). (b) Swamp sassafras. {Sweet calabash} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Passiflora} ({P. maliformis}) growing in the West Indies, and producing a roundish, edible fruit, the size of an apple. {Sweet cicely}. (Bot.) (a) Either of the North American plants of the umbelliferous genus {Osmorrhiza} having aromatic roots and seeds, and white flowers. --Gray. (b) A plant of the genus {Myrrhis} ({M. odorata}) growing in England. {Sweet calamus}, [or] {Sweet cane}. (Bot.) Same as {Sweet flag}, below. {Sweet Cistus} (Bot.), an evergreen shrub ({Cistus Ladanum}) from which the gum ladanum is obtained. {Sweet clover}. (Bot.) See {Melilot}. {Sweet coltsfoot} (Bot.), a kind of butterbur ({Petasites sagittata}) found in Western North America. {Sweet corn} (Bot.), a variety of the maize of a sweet taste. See the Note under {Corn}. {Sweet fern} (Bot.), a small North American shrub ({Comptonia, [or] Myrica, asplenifolia}) having sweet-scented or aromatic leaves resembling fern leaves. {Sweet flag} (Bot.), an endogenous plant ({Acorus Calamus}) having long flaglike leaves and a rootstock of a pungent aromatic taste. It is found in wet places in Europe and America. See {Calamus}, 2. {Sweet gale} (Bot.), a shrub ({Myrica Gale}) having bitter fragrant leaves; -- also called {sweet willow}, and {Dutch myrtle}. See 5th {Gale}. {Sweet grass} (Bot.), holy, or Seneca, grass. {Sweet gum} (Bot.), an American tree ({Liquidambar styraciflua}). See {Liquidambar}. {Sweet herbs}, fragrant herbs cultivated for culinary purposes. {Sweet John} (Bot.), a variety of the sweet William. {Sweet leaf} (Bot.), horse sugar. See under {Horse}. {Sweet marjoram}. (Bot.) See {Marjoram}. {Sweet marten} (Zo[94]l.), the pine marten. {Sweet maudlin} (Bot.), a composite plant ({Achillea Ageratum}) allied to milfoil. {Sweet oil}, olive oil. {Sweet pea}. (Bot.) See under {Pea}. {Sweet potato}. (Bot.) See under {Potato}. {Sweet rush} (Bot.), sweet flag. {Sweet spirits of niter} (Med. Chem.) See {Spirit of nitrous ether}, under {Spirit}. {Sweet sultan} (Bot.), an annual composite plant ({Centaurea moschata}), also, the yellow-flowered ({C. odorata}); -- called also {sultan flower}. {Sweet tooth}, an especial fondness for sweet things or for sweetmeats. [Colloq.] {Sweet William}. (a) (Bot.) A species of pink ({Dianthus barbatus}) of many varieties. (b) (Zo[94]l.) The willow warbler. (c) (Zo[94]l.) The European goldfinch; -- called also {sweet Billy}. [Prov. Eng.] {Sweet willow} (Bot.), sweet gale. {Sweet wine}. See {Dry wine}, under {Dry}. {To be sweet on}, to have a particular fondness for, or special interest in, as a young man for a young woman. [Colloq.] --Thackeray. Syn: Sugary; saccharine; dulcet; luscious. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Switch \Switch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Switched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Switching}.] 1. To strike with a switch or small flexible rod; to whip. --Chapman. 2. To swing or whisk; as, to switch a cane. 3. To trim, as, a hedge. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. 4. To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; -- generally with off, from, etc.; as, to switch off a train; to switch a car from one track to another. 5. (Eccl.) To shift to another circuit. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Scotchtown, NY (CDP, FIPS 65882) Location: 41.47618 N, 74.36862 W Population (1990): 8765 (3056 housing units) Area: 11.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 10940 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Scotsdale, MO (town, FIPS 66337) Location: 38.39595 N, 90.58967 W Population (1990): 193 (55 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Scott City, KS (city, FIPS 63600) Location: 38.47979 N, 100.90840 W Population (1990): 3785 (1692 housing units) Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Scott City, MO (city, FIPS 66368) Location: 37.22253 N, 89.53205 W Population (1990): 4292 (1769 housing units) Area: 10.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 63780 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Scottsdale, AZ (city, FIPS 65000) Location: 33.68599 N, 111.87048 W Population (1990): 130069 (69028 housing units) Area: 477.5 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 85250, 85251, 85254, 85255, 85256, 85257, 85258, 85259, 85260, 85262 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Setauket, NY Zip code(s): 11733 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Setauket-East Setauket, NY (CDP, FIPS 66481) Location: 40.92991 N, 73.10253 W Population (1990): 13634 (4595 housing units) Area: 21.9 sq km (land), 2.1 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Shady Side, MD (CDP, FIPS 71450) Location: 38.83013 N, 76.52451 W Population (1990): 4107 (1804 housing units) Area: 19.0 sq km (land), 1.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 20764 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Shadyside, OH (village, FIPS 71640) Location: 39.97131 N, 80.75095 W Population (1990): 3934 (1835 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 43947 Shadyside, PA Zip code(s): 15232 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
South Chatham, MA Zip code(s): 02633, 02659 | |
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South Coatesville, PA (borough, FIPS 72072) Location: 39.96813 N, 75.81529 W Population (1990): 1026 (411 housing units) Area: 4.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
South Easton, MA Zip code(s): 02375 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
South Gate, CA (city, FIPS 73080) Location: 33.94395 N, 118.19193 W Population (1990): 86284 (22946 housing units) Area: 19.0 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 90280 South Gate, MD (CDP, FIPS 73550) Location: 39.12890 N, 76.62598 W Population (1990): 27564 (11116 housing units) Area: 16.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
South Gate Plaza, ID Zip code(s): 83501 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
South Gate Ridge, FL (CDP, FIPS 67450) Location: 27.28603 N, 82.49682 W Population (1990): 5924 (2592 housing units) Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
South Heights, PA (borough, FIPS 72216) Location: 40.57457 N, 80.23631 W Population (1990): 647 (269 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
South Hooksett, NH (CDP, FIPS 71220) Location: 43.03493 N, 71.42260 W Population (1990): 3638 (1443 housing units) Area: 13.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
South Houston, TX (city, FIPS 69020) Location: 29.66075 N, 95.22805 W Population (1990): 14207 (4818 housing units) Area: 7.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 77587 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
South Ogden, UT (city, FIPS 70960) Location: 41.17428 N, 111.95798 W Population (1990): 12105 (4501 housing units) Area: 8.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
South St. Paul, MN (city, FIPS 61510) Location: 44.88795 N, 93.04013 W Population (1990): 20197 (8294 housing units) Area: 14.8 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
South Sterling, PA Zip code(s): 18460 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
South Strafford, VT Zip code(s): 05070 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
South West City, MO (town, FIPS 69230) Location: 36.52369 N, 94.60863 W Population (1990): 600 (287 housing units) Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 64863 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Southeast, MI Zip code(s): 48519, 48529 | |
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Southeast Arcadia, FL (CDP, FIPS 67355) Location: 27.18708 N, 81.85169 W Population (1990): 4145 (1940 housing units) Area: 18.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Southeast Fairbanks Census, AK (Area, FIPS 240) Location: 63.76523 N, 143.59808 W Population (1990): 5913 (3149 housing units) Area: 67324.7 sq km (land), 625.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Southgate, FL (CDP, FIPS 67425) Location: 27.30783 N, 82.51012 W Population (1990): 7324 (4024 housing units) Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Southgate, KY (city, FIPS 71976) Location: 39.06128 N, 84.47077 W Population (1990): 3266 (1546 housing units) Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 41071 Southgate, MI (city, FIPS 74960) Location: 42.20358 N, 83.20621 W Population (1990): 30771 (12504 housing units) Area: 17.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48195 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Southside, AL (city, FIPS 71832) Location: 33.90377 N, 86.02199 W Population (1990): 5580 (1998 housing units) Area: 48.7 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 35901 Southside, FL Zip code(s): 33811, 33813 Southside, TN Zip code(s): 37171 Southside, WV Zip code(s): 25187 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Southside Place, TX (city, FIPS 69272) Location: 29.70845 N, 95.43520 W Population (1990): 1392 (680 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Southwest Greensburg, PA (borough, FIPS 72616) Location: 40.29198 N, 79.54775 W Population (1990): 2456 (1180 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Southwest Harbor, ME Zip code(s): 04679 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
St. Stephen, MN (city, FIPS 58090) Location: 45.70209 N, 94.27646 W Population (1990): 607 (193 housing units) Area: 9.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) St. Stephen, SC (town, FIPS 62755) Location: 33.40454 N, 79.92466 W Population (1990): 1697 (667 housing units) Area: 6.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
St. Stephens, NC (CDP, FIPS 58730) Location: 35.76454 N, 81.27340 W Population (1990): 8734 (3360 housing units) Area: 25.7 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Stockdale, PA (borough, FIPS 74224) Location: 40.08328 N, 79.85069 W Population (1990): 630 (286 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 15483 Stockdale, TX (city, FIPS 70376) Location: 29.23383 N, 97.96219 W Population (1990): 1268 (509 housing units) Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 78160 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Stockett, MT Zip code(s): 59480 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Stockton, AL Zip code(s): 36579 Stockton, CA (city, FIPS 75000) Location: 37.96985 N, 121.30674 W Population (1990): 210943 (72525 housing units) Area: 136.2 sq km (land), 2.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 95202, 95203, 95204, 95205, 95206, 95207, 95209, 95210, 95212, 95215, 95219 Stockton, GA Zip code(s): 31649 Stockton, IA (city, FIPS 75450) Location: 41.59042 N, 90.85523 W Population (1990): 187 (72 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 52769 Stockton, IL (village, FIPS 72780) Location: 42.35160 N, 90.00599 W Population (1990): 1871 (828 housing units) Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61085 Stockton, KS (city, FIPS 68350) Location: 39.43632 N, 99.27127 W Population (1990): 1507 (807 housing units) Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67669 Stockton, MD Zip code(s): 21864 Stockton, MN (city, FIPS 62896) Location: 44.02796 N, 91.77230 W Population (1990): 529 (179 housing units) Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Stockton, MO (city, FIPS 70828) Location: 37.69678 N, 93.79566 W Population (1990): 1579 (820 housing units) Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 65785 Stockton, NJ (borough, FIPS 70980) Location: 40.40537 N, 74.97748 W Population (1990): 629 (266 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 08559 Stockton, NY Zip code(s): 14784 Stockton, UT (town, FIPS 73050) Location: 40.45272 N, 112.36195 W Population (1990): 426 (148 housing units) Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 84071 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Stockton Springs, ME Zip code(s): 04981 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Stoughton, MA Zip code(s): 02072 Stoughton, WI (city, FIPS 77675) Location: 42.92106 N, 89.22276 W Population (1990): 8786 (3404 housing units) Area: 7.8 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 53589 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Stoystown, PA (borough, FIPS 74672) Location: 40.10335 N, 78.95526 W Population (1990): 389 (174 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 15563 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Switz City, IN (town, FIPS 74582) Location: 39.03471 N, 87.05361 W Population (1990): 257 (118 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 47465 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Setext A markup scheme intended for documents that are both human- and computer-readable. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
stack traceback nested procedure calls a program has made up to a certain point in its execution. A traceback may also show values of procedure arguments and {local variable}s stored on the stack. (1995-03-21) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Sticks&Stones A {functional}, {polymorphic} {hardware description language} loosely based on {ML} by Lucca Cardelli. ["An Algebraic Approach to Hardware Description and Verification", L. Cardelli, Thesis, Edinburgh U, 1982]. ["Sticks&Stones II: A Functional Language VLSI Layout Generation Tool", Andrew Butterfield Thesis, Trinity College, 1990]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Switched Multimegabit Data Service public data {network} service developed by {Bellcore} and expected to be widely used by telephone companies as the basis for their data networks. See also {Metropolitan Area Network}. (1997-01-31) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
switched virtual circuit {virtual circuit} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
switched virtual connection set up on demand by the {signalling control point}. Contrast with {permanent virtual connection}. (2001-06-29) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Stacte (Heb. nataph), one of the components of the perfume which was offered on the golden altar (Ex. 30:34; R.V. marg., "opobalsamum"). The Hebrew word is from a root meaning "to distil," and it has been by some interpreted as distilled myrrh. Others regard it as the gum of the storax tree, or rather shrub, the Styrax officinale. "The Syrians value this gum highly, and use it medicinally as an emulcent in pectoral complaints, and also in perfumery." |